Banned Books

Banned Books Presentation - Powerpoint

Banned Books Lists 2002-present

10 Beloved Picture Books Banned

~ The Rabbits' Wedding

~ In the Night Kitchen

~ Harriet the Spy

~ And Tango Makes Three

~ Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.

~ The Witches

~ Where's Waldo?

~ Daddy's Roommate

~ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

~ Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

10 Most Challenged Titles of 2011

10,000 Dresses

~ Controversy, Censorship, and Children's Literature article

15 Most Controversial Picture Books

~ And Tango Makes Three

~ In the Night Kitchen

~ Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

~ Rose Blanche

~ Stupids Have a Ball, The

~ Nappy Hair

~ Lorax, The

~ Smoky Night

~ Daddy's Roommate

~ Where the Wild Things Are

~ Heather Has Two Mommies

~ Story of Babar, The

~ Rabbits' Wedding, The

~ Little Red Riding Hood

~ Five Chinese Brothers, The

25 Titles You Won't Believe Got Banned

~ Light in the Attic, A

~ Arabian Nights, The

~ Rabbits' Wedding, The

~ Little Red Riding Hood

~ In the Night Kitchen

~ And Tango Makes Three

7 Notable Banned Books

Banned Book Titles A-M

Banned Book Titles N-Z

Banned Children's Books: Wayne State College

~ The Stupids Have a Ball

~ Animalia

~ The Five Chinese Brothers

~ Father Christmas

~ Goodnight Moon

~ Draw Me a Star

~ King & King

~ Where's Waldo?

~ Nappy Hair

~ The Snowy Day

~ Pinkerton Behave!

~ The Elephant's Child

~ Walter the Farting Dog

~ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

~ Halloween ABC

~ Heather Has Two Mommies

~ And Tango Makes Three

~ Scary Stories

~ In the Night Kitchen

~ Where the Wild Things Are

~ The Lorax

~ Yertle the Turtle

~ The Dirty Cowboy

~ The Story of Babar the Elephant

~ The Giving Tree

~ The Amazing Bone

~ Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Censored - University of Virginia Exhibit

~ The Amazing Bone

~ Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

~ The Five Chinese Brothers

~ Red Riding Hood

~ The Stupids Have a Ball

~ In the Night Kitchen

~ Where the Wild Things Are

~ The Story of Babar

~ The Rabbits' Wedding

~ Heather Has Two Mommies

Challenged Picture Books

~ Crow Boy

~ The Dirty Cowboy

~ Guess What?

Controversial Picture Books - Unconventional Families

~ King & King

~ Daddy's Roommate

~ One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dad

~ Heather Has Two Mommies

~ Molly's Family

Daddy's Roommate

- Controversy, Censorship, and Children's Literature article

Green Eggs & Ham

- New York Public Library Banned Books Week

Heather Has Two Mommies

- Controversy, Censorship, and Children's Literature article

Heather Has Two Mommies

- March 24, 2015 article on CNN.com

Higher Power of Lucky, The

- New York Times article "With One Word, Children's Book Sets Off Uproar"

Hop on Pop - Banned 2014

- Challenged at Toronto Public Library in 2014

Hop on Pop - Banned Dr. Seuss 2014

- Video clip about book challenge at Toronto Public Library

In the Night Kitchen

- Controversy, Censorship, and Children's Literature article

King & King

- Controversy, Censorship, and Children's Literature article

Mapping Banned Books in America

- click on Google map locations to learn about book challenges.

- There's a book challenge listed for Fargo Public Schools.

Most Surprising Banned Books

~ The Dictionary

~ Tarzan of the Apes

~ Sylvester & the Magic Pebble

~ Lorax, The

~ Little Red Riding Hood

~ Hansel & Gretel

~ Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

~ Where's Waldo

~ Twelfth Night

~ Charlotte's Web

~ Harry Potter series

~ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Seattle's Princess Boy, 5, focus of gender-role debate

Sissy Duckling, The

Statistics about Book Challenges